Robert Burns

My heart`s in the Highlands

My heart`s in the Highlands, my heart is not here;

My heart`s in the Highlands, a chasing the deer;

Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;

My heart in the Highlands, wherever I go.-

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North;

The birth- place of Valour, the country of Worth;

Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,

The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.-

Farewell to the mountains high cover`d with snow;

Farewell to the Straths and green vallies below:

Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods;

Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.-

My heart`s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,

My heart`s in the Highlands, a chasing the deer:

Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;

My heart`s in the Highlands, wherever I